Posts Tagged ‘Karinne Steffans’

Depending on whom you ask, Wayne Brady should or should not have taken exception to being used as fodder for the “non-threatening Black man” joke. Also depending on whom you ask, the oft-used joke by Bill Maher should be considered less of an insult and more a compliment, in that Wayne Brady is not emblematic of the negative depictions of African-American men.

But in the end, the only real opinion that matters in the discussion of Bill Maher V. Wayne Brady is Brady’s…which he made abundantly clear; indicating he’d “gladly slap the sh!t out of Bill.”

As of this moment, there has been no public response from Maher, which is surprising to some degree given his consistent activity on Twitter and willingness to verbally beat down those who publicly engage him. And even if Maher does eventually respond, expect it from the safety of his television show, complete with his sympathetic and sycophantic audience. Look for it in the form of snide commentary in the “New Rules” section, assailing Brady’s supposed oversensitivity (i.e. “you can’t take a joke”).

There is a real discussion to be had as to whether it is “funny” for Maher the community outsider to consistently weigh in with opinions on who is a “real” Black man or just really non-threatening. Although the issues of race may be within the purview of comics, it doesn’t mean that we as the audience relinquish our right to find certain humor distasteful.

Maher’s track record of mean-spirited humor can’t be argued or denied. All personal political allegiances aside, we should be in agreement on that point.

Maher and Karinne 'Superhead" Steffans

Maybe Maher felt comfortable quipping about Brady because he also had a long history of wagging his finger at Republicans for racism. Possibly Maher felt comfortable poking Brady because Maher has been so public in his support of President Obama. According to Brady, Maher’s comfort level is inextricably linked to his penchant for pillow talk with Black “girlfriends.”

Beyond that, there is an undercurrent to Bill’s humor that he fancies himself as  ”down” and can take certain liberties. Even on his website (billmaher.com), his blog section is titled “Blogga Please” an obvious play on words with “N***a please.” It all adds up to a sum total at the register.  We shouldn’t view the Brady remarks in a vacuum.

The most interesting part of Brady’s very public rant was that it gave considerable insight into the psyche of many Black men. For many of us, we understood exactly the nature of Brady’s remarks, in a way Maher never could and never will.  For many of us, there was a head-nod of agreement and understanding as to how and why Brady “went there” and in such graphic detail. There is a socialization, a standard operating procedure if you will, relative to our interaction. First and foremost, you should never call out one’s manhood. Amongst Black men it is both implicitly and explicitly understood. Meaning, if a man can’t seem to “get it” implicitly, then it will be explained to you explicitly…in probably a very uncomfortable manner.

Brady’s remarks were telling in many ways. Not only for their content, but also for the underlying subtext in the manner delivered. Brady made it very clear he is, and will always be a Black man, and abundantly clear on our rules of interaction.

In short, Brady reminded Maher that “our rules” state that there are some things you can only say on a non-Black television network to a non-Black panel, with a 99% non-Black studio audience playing along.

Bill Maher may have “New Rules” on his television program, but in relation to Black men, our old ones are still in effect.

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Let’s see if Mo’Kelly has this right…

Her name is “Superhead,” a nickname she embraces and answers to when called. She wrote a book and did a world tour discussing the hundreds of celebrities she slept with over the years. She parlayed that “celebrity” into more “trysts” with more “celebrities” including Bill Maher, a second go-round with Bobby Brown (note I put “celebrities” in quotation marks) and now Bow Wow.

If you haven’t heard the “news,” speculation has abounded as to whether the child Superhead is carrying was fathered by actor/rapper Bow Wow. For the uninitiated, Bow Wow has been segueing from music into acting in the past few years and you can find him on the HBO series Entourage presently.

With all that as a precursor, Superhead has created this video to address this supposed controversy. In it, she says that the media is “insignificant” and “incorrect” but still felt the need to create this four-minute video.

Slight contradiction. If we’re “insignificant” then why waste the time?

In the video, although the media was (to use her word) “incorrect”…she made no effort to correct the story either. If that wasn’t enough, the woman named Superhead, “famous” for earning her nickname also lectures the masses to stay out of her personal life…

If we’re “incorrect” and to stay out of her personal life…then “correcting” the story would further bring people into her life it would seem.

But wait…stay out of her personal life? Really?

She wrote a book about sleeping with hundreds of celebrities and was well-paid for it…both the “work” and the book. Let’s not confuse those paychecks, they are separate and distinct. We know all things about her that we probably don’t know about our own spouses and significant others.

But NOW we’re supposed to stay out of her personal life? Oh, Mo’Kelly is about ready to pull out the golf clubs again.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE

RELATED: The Karinne Steffans Bill Maher Bobby Brown Lust Triangle

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Let’s see if Mo’Kelly has this right…

Her name is “Superhead,” a nickname she embraces and answers to when called. She wrote a book and did a world tour discussing the hundreds of celebrities she slept with over the years. She parlayed that “celebrity” into more “trysts” with more “celebrities” including Bill Maher, a second go-round with Bobby Brown (note I put “celebrities” in quotation marks) and now Bow Wow.

If you haven’t heard the “news,” speculation has abounded as to whether the child Superhead is carrying was fathered by actor/rapper Bow Wow. For the uninitiated, Bow Wow has been segueing from music into acting in the past few years and you can find him on the HBO series Entourage presently.

With all that as a precursor, Superhead has created this video to address this supposed controversy. In it, she says that the media is “insignificant” and “incorrect” but still felt the need to create this four-minute video.

Slight contradiction. If we’re “insignificant” then why waste the time?

In the video, although the media was (to use her word) “incorrect”…she made no effort to correct the story either. If that wasn’t enough, the woman named Superhead, “famous” for earning her nickname also lectures the masses to stay out of her personal life…

If we’re “incorrect” and to stay out of her personal life…then “correcting” the story would further bring people into her life it would seem.

But wait…stay out of her personal life? Really?

She wrote a book about sleeping with hundreds of celebrities and was well-paid for it…both the “work” and the book. Let’s not confuse those paychecks, they are separate and distinct. We know all things about her that we probably don’t know about our own spouses and significant others.

But NOW we’re supposed to stay out of her personal life? Oh, Mo’Kelly is about ready to pull out the golf clubs again.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE

RELATED: The Karinne Steffans Bill Maher Bobby Brown Lust Triangle

The Mo’Kelly Report is an entertainment journal with a political slant; published weekly at www.eurweb.com. It is meant to inform, infuse and incite meaningful discourse…as well as entertain. The Mo’Kelly Report is syndicated by Newstex and Blogburst. For more Mo’Kelly, http://www.MrMoKelly.com.

Subscribe in a reader or by email

Help Bring Mo’Kelly to National Radio HERE

Visit Mo’Kelly’s GIFT SHOP HERE

Morris W. O’Kelly can be reached at Mo@MrMoKelly.com and he welcomes all commentary.

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Let’s see if Mo’Kelly has this right…

Her name is “Superhead,” a nickname she embraces and answers to when called. She wrote a book and did a world tour discussing the hundreds of celebrities she slept with over the years. She parlayed that “celebrity” into more “trysts” with more “celebrities” including Bill Maher, a second go-round with Bobby Brown (note I put “celebrities” in quotation marks) and now Bow Wow.

If you haven’t heard the “news,” speculation has abounded as to whether the child Superhead is carrying was fathered by actor/rapper Bow Wow. For the uninitiated, Bow Wow has been segueing from music into acting in the past few years and you can find him on the HBO series Entourage presently.

With all that as a precursor, Superhead has created this video to address this supposed controversy. In it, she says that the media is “insignificant” and “incorrect” but still felt the need to create this four-minute video.

Slight contradiction. If we’re “insignificant” then why waste the time?

In the video, although the media was (to use her word) “incorrect”…she made no effort to correct the story either. If that wasn’t enough, the woman named Superhead, “famous” for earning her nickname also lectures the masses to stay out of her personal life…

If we’re “incorrect” and to stay out of her personal life…then “correcting” the story would further bring people into her life it would seem.

But wait…stay out of her personal life? Really?

She wrote a book about sleeping with hundreds of celebrities and was well-paid for it…both the “work” and the book. Let’s not confuse those paychecks, they are separate and distinct. We know all things about her that we probably don’t know about our own spouses and significant others.

But NOW we’re supposed to stay out of her personal life? Oh, Mo’Kelly is about ready to pull out the golf clubs again.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE

RELATED: The Karinne Steffans Bill Maher Bobby Brown Lust Triangle

The Mo’Kelly Report is an entertainment journal with a political slant; published weekly at www.eurweb.com. It is meant to inform, infuse and incite meaningful discourse…as well as entertain. The Mo’Kelly Report is syndicated by Newstex and Blogburst. For more Mo’Kelly, http://www.MrMoKelly.com.

Subscribe in a reader or by email

Help Bring Mo’Kelly to National Radio HERE

Visit Mo’Kelly’s GIFT SHOP HERE

Morris W. O’Kelly can be reached at Mo@MrMoKelly.com and he welcomes all commentary.

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Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all.

Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, fresh off his divorce/engagement/babymama drama has been busy developing his latest business venture, record label Murphy Entertainment.

Yes, Eddie is back in the music business.

THAT is not the unbelievable part. The first artist signed to the label…

(drum roll)

Karinne SUPERHEAD Steffans.

(Insert all applicable Party All the Time jokes and references here. They are too easy to do, so Mo’Kelly would rather not waste the brainpower creating jokes from low-hanging fruit. We’ll just assume that if Mo’Kelly were to do a “my girl wants to party all the time” joke or musical reference, it would’ve likely fell right about…

Here… _____________________________)

But in order to not disappoint everyone, irrespective of their tastes in humor…Mo’Kelly will meet you somewhere in the middle and leave you with the 1985 video of the debacle, complete with Rick James and leather pants galore. That alone is funny enough for everyone to enjoy with no further contribution from Mo’Kelly.

Reports are in that the hip-hop groupie will be releasing an album (of what, Mo’Kelly’s not sure) in March of ’08. Not sure if it’s singing, rapping or a combination of both.

What Mo’Kelly DOES know is that Steffans will most likely also be in attendance at the wedding of Murphy and Tracey Edmonds…and THAT is outstanding. For those who don’t know what a wonderful cornucopia of salacious dysfunctionality that will likely be…

CLICK HERE: The Likely Wedding of Eddie and Tracey

No surprise that Mel B. didn’t get a record deal with Eddie. But it sure would’ve been nice if he were silly enough to give it a try. Mo’Kelly recently got an email requesting a return of more “train wreck” videos…

Well, here you go! Enjoy!

TRAIN WRECK! TRAIN WRECK! TRAIN WRECK!!!